Beauty and the Mustache
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
15
Ratings15
Average rating3.7
This is a full-length novel, can be read as a standalone, and is the fourth book in the 'Knitting in the City' series. There are three things you need to know about Ashley Winston: 1) She has six brothers and they all have beards, 2) She is a reader, and 3) She knows how to knit. Former beauty queen, Ashley Winston's preferred coping strategy is escapism. She escaped her Tennessee small town, loathsome father, and six brothers eight years ago. Now she escapes life daily via her Amazon kindle one-click addiction. However, when a family tragedy forces her to return home, Ashley can't escape the notice of Drew Runous-- local Game Warden, bear wrestler, philosopher, and everyone's favorite guy. Drew's irksome philosophizing in particular makes Ashley want to run for the skyscrapers, especially since he can't seem to keep his exasperating opinions-- or his soulful poetry, steadfast support, and delightful hands-- to himself. Pretty soon the girl who wanted nothing more than the escape of the big city finds she's lost her heart in small town Tennessee.
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I really love Penny Reid books. This one broke my heart and pieced it back together. I knew Ash and Drew's story would be special but I didn't expect to be so emotionally invested or to cry quite so much. Loved it!
I understand that about you and I still love you desperately.
Please, Drew and Ashley are really cute, im
I think after 4 books in the Knitting in the City series, I'm over the knitting girls. For these books being touted as “smart romances”, all of the girls have been pretty dumb when it comes to their love lives (except maybe Sandra in book 3).
I had wanted to get to Ashley's book because of the Winston Brothers, whom I freaking love, and now that I've read it, I don't think I can do it anymore. Much like the other books in this series, there is a lot of telling without much showing. Ashley meets Drew, they share a series of looks and pretentious lines from poetry and then suddenly they're in love but neither of them will come out and say it to the other. I didn't feel the chemistry between them and we didn't learn much about Drew other than he's a brooding Viking poet. I need more than that to get into a story.
Also the girls are all starting to blend together because they're all basically the same character. Their antics are becoming more unrealistic as the books go on and I just don't want to read about yarn anymore.
Series
7 primary books10 released booksWinston Brothers is a 11-book series with 7 primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Penny Reid, J.L. Beck, and 12 others.
Series
7 primary books11 released booksKnitting in the City is a 11-book series with 7 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Penny Reid.
